Talkin' FBN
Comcast hasn’t added Fox Business to my line-up yet, so I can’t really give you a first-hand take on the goings on. Needless to say, the global point for business news PR people is that a huge new mainstream media outlet just opened shop, which is very good news in the era of widespread newsroom [...]
Lots More on Fox Business Network
Time to get serious about this major new media outlet, which launches Monday Oct. 15. Given Fox’s track record, I wouldn’t bet against the success of this new network. And if history is any guide, it will have a disruptive influence on business news coverage in the U.S. If I were CNBC, I’d be worried. [...]
Coming Next Week: Fox Business Network
Even as Rupert Murdoch moves forward to close the deal to by Dow Jones, Fox is close to launching its much-anticipated Fox Business Network to compete for business news viewers with CNBC. The Talking Biz News blog is doing a good job tracking this new entrant in business news. If you’re interested in pitching FBN, [...]
The News Cycle is Dead
The news cycle is dead. Long live “The Opinion Cycle.” So says Lee Ann Schreiber, ombudsman for ESPN. In a terrific piece on ESPN.com, Schreiber dissects various sports “controversies” and concludes that a) very little actual reporting was done but b) tons of opinions were spewed. She wrote: “If you look at the proportion of [...]
Great New Article on Wall Street Journal
There’s been a lot of crappy speculation on the fate of the Wall Street Journal once Rupert Murdoch takes over. Here’s one article, though, that does an excellent job: A new jewel for Rupert Murdoch’s crown: Will he fix what isn’t broken at The Wall Street Journal? It’s in the latest edition of PRSA Tactics. [...]
Signs of the Times
A couple of signposts on the road to a new media landscape: First: the SF Chronicle is doing an odd, interesting thing: posting a blog of little “remembrances” of staffers who have lost their jobs at the downsized paper. You can scroll through them here. From a media relations standpoint, these may be of limited [...]
Shameless Plug for a Friend
My good friend and former colleague Delia Rios recently joined C-SPAN as a history producer and helped create a new 12-part series based on the audio and video archives of the 12 Presidential libraries (from Hoover to Clinton). She worked on the Hoover, Truman and Reagan segments. Truman airs tonight. From the C-SPAN web [...]